Issue - meetings

Report No: CAB/FH/17/017

Portfolio Holder: Andy Drummond             Lead Officer: Jill Korwin

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL: (26 April 2017)

That:-

1.           A new Partnership Agreement be entered into with Abbeycroft Leisure for a period of 15 years, with options to extend for 5 + 5 years, subject to the protections included in the Partnership Agreement.

2.           The Partnership Agreement be finalised in line with Report No: CAB/FH/17/017 and the Heads of Terms attached at Appendix 1, subject to the inclusion of an additional indicator within the Performance Management Framework to measure the increase in participation at community events, run by other partners, but supported by Abbeycroft Leisure Ltd.

(Report No: CAB/FH/17/017)

Councillor Robin Millar, Portfolio Holder for Families and Communities, presented this report, on behalf of the Portfolio Holder for Leisure and Culture (Councillor Andy Drummond), which sought approval for entering into a new Partnership Agreement with Abbeycroft Leisure Ltd.

This new Agreement had been developed in line with the previously approved principles and commitments of Cabinet and Council, as set out in Section 2 of Report No: CAB/FH/17/017 and, therefore, satisfactorily supported the objectives and priorities of the Council and Abbeycroft regarding the promotion of health and wellbeing by supporting people to engage in physical activity.  As part of the new Agreement, Abbeycroft had also committed to deliver a zero management fee to the Council by 2025.

Whilst discussing this report, Councillor Millar also proposed that there should be an addition to Recommendation (2) of the report and that within the Performance Management Framework there should be an appropriate indicator to measure the impact of Abbeycroft Leisure in the promotion of the role of community groups/the use of community sites in the provision of health and wellbeing.

With the vote being unanimous, it was

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL: (26 April 2017)

That:-

1.           A new Partnership Agreement be entered into with Abbeycroft Leisure for a period of 15 years, with options to extend for 5 + 5 years, subject to the protections included in the Partnership Agreement.

2.           The Partnership Agreement be finalised in line with Report No: CAB/FH/17/017 and the Heads of Terms attached at Appendix 1, subject to the inclusion of an additional indicator within the Performance Management Framework to measure the increase in participation at community events, run by other partners, but supported by Abbeycroft Leisure Ltd.